Re: master has switched from Automake to GNU Make

["Elias Mårtenson" <lokedhs@gmail.com>]

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On 26 Mar 2017 1:37 AM, "Stefan Monnier" <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca> wrote:


The kind of ref I'm thinking of would be more like a commit-id embedded
in the commit message of every commit created by a rebase, together with
a tweak to "git merge" so that it uses those commit ids as additional
parents when looking for a common ancestor.


There are times I read old mailing list messages where some development was
discussed and they mention something in some particular commit. If the
history has been rewritten (or a branch was deleted) I can't get the full
picture.

For this reason I'm personally very much against the idea of modifying or
deleting anything from a repository.

I know me saying this will do little to change anyone's mind, but I felt
the need to justify the position of someone like me who sees the repository
as a very strong record of the history.

Regards,
Elias

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